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NGC 2997

SPIRAL GALAXY IN ANTILA

 (Image Centred at ra 09h:45m / dec -31:11)

 

 

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LUMINANCE 100 %

 

April 2015 - Observatorio La Banderita, La Pampa, Argentina

 


DATA

Type: Spiral Galaxy

Apparent Magnitude: 11

Apparent diameter: 8.1 arc minutes 

Distance: 55 million light years

 

IMAGE INFORMATION

Optic: 8" f5 Orion Optics Reflector with Televue Paracorr working at 5.75

CAMERA: QSI 583 WS  

FILTERS: Baader LRGB

Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6

SKY CONDITIONS: pristine skies, seeing regular

EXPOSURES: LRGB (60,30,30,30) RGB shots at bin 2x2

 

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

Although NGC 2997 seems to be face on, is in fact tilted by about 45º. This galaxy has a small nucleus surrounded by a chain of hot giants clouds of ionized hydrogen and also by prominent dark lanes which are also visible in the image. It is the brightest galaxy of Antila and it has a mass equivalent to 100 billons times our Sun. NGC 2997 is speeding away from our Milky way at about 1100 kilometres per second.

This galaxy has a very low surface brightness and is surrounded by bright stars and a relative populated star background.

 


 

NGC 2997

SPIRAL GALAXY IN ANTILA

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Luminance with moderate stretching and some sharpening